January 04, 2016
A putative class of temporary contract attorneys for Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has lost its bid for back overtime pay after a New York federal judge said that even the class representative's two months of long hours spent on "extremely routine" legal work is exempt from overtime rules in the Fair Labor Standards Act.
October 30, 2014
A New York federal court said Wednesday it would hold off on considering Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's bid to knock out a suit accusing the firm of unlawfully denying temporary attorneys overtime until the Second Circuit rules in a similar case against Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP.
October 24, 2014
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP on Friday said a New York federal judge need not wait on a Second Circuit ruling in a similar case to decide the firm's bid to toss a suit alleging it failed to pay temporary attorneys overtime, calling a delay costly and unnecessary.
October 23, 2014
A lawyer suing Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP for failing to pay temporary attorneys overtime said on Thursday that Quinn's pending bid to escape his lawsuit shouldn't be considered until the Second Circuit rules on a similar case against Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP.
October 21, 2014
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP took aim on Monday at a putative class and collective action accusing the firm of violating wage-and-hour laws by failing to pay overtime to temporary attorneys engaged to do simple document review work, saying the work fell within the scope of an exemption from overtime pay for professionals.
June 04, 2014
A New York federal judge decided Wednesday that the attorney behind a putative class action accusing Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP of unlawfully not paying temporary lawyers overtime wasn't entitled to information regarding every applicant for a document review project he worked on.
May 28, 2014
The attorney behind a putative class action accusing Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP of unlawfully failing to pay temporary lawyers overtime has launched a "fishing expedition," Quinn Emanuel said on Tuesday, urging a New York federal court to block the plaintiff's bid for more information.
May 22, 2014
A contract attorney challenging in a putative class action whether Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and a staffing agency should have paid overtime to its short-term employees sent a letter to a New York federal judge on Wednesday contending the documents add context to his claims.
May 19, 2014
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP challenged a discovery ruling Friday in an overtime suit brought in New York federal court by a temporary attorney who did document-review work for the firm, looking to put the brakes on the plaintiff's bids for information about document reviewers other than himself.
May 09, 2014
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has resolved a tussle over documents in a contract attorney's putative class action in New York federal court, which alleges the firm improperly failed to pay overtime, according to a notice on Thursday in the court docket.